"When fossilised dinosaur bones are found on Lindas familys property, a team from the city museum comes to excavate them. With the team come two kids: Lee Lin and Sam. Linda is not impressed with these city kids at first. And theyre not impressed either. But soon they are all in a big adventure - together with a crazy talking cockatoo, sinister smugglers, bungling small-time crooks and two complaining camels.